Place:Kilkis, Kilkis, Central Macedonia, Greece

Watchers
  • no watchers
Larger map


NameKilkis
Alt namesKilkissource: Blue Guide: Greece (1981) p 561
TypeCity or town
Coordinates40.983°N 22.867°E
Located inKilkis, Central Macedonia, Greece
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Kilkis is a city in Central Macedonia, Greece. As of 2011 there were 22,914 people living in the city proper, 28,745 people living in the municipal unit, and 51,926 in the municipality of Kilkis. It is also the capital city of the regional unit of Kilkis.

The area of Kilkis, during the 20th century, became several times a war theatre; during the Macedonian Struggle, the Balkan Wars, WWI, WWII, the Greek Resistance and the Greek civil war.

[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Kilkis. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Kilkis%2C_Kilkis%2C_Central_Macedonia%2C_Greece"